Harvard, Ill.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Margaret "Peggy" Stuntz
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-297
Scope and Contents
The Margaret Stuntz Papers contain research, photographs and plays from Margaret Stuntz who writes and directs historical plays for the McHenry County Historical Society. Stuntz began writing historical plays for the McHenry County Historical Society in 2003. She strives for historical accuracy, and draws inspiration from letters, diary entries, journals and newspapers to write the plays.
The first play by Stuntz at the McHenry County Historical Society was “The George Washington Bennett...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2003-2009; Other: Date acquired: 02/22/2010
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Putnam Family Collection (Harvard)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-071
Scope and Contents
The Putnam Family Collection is a partial documentation of the breeding of Jersey cattle on the Russel E. Putman dairy farm in the 1940’s in Harvard, Illinois. Herd records, registration, awards, individual cow histories reveal important breeding data for these years. Included in the collection are related printed materials, an undated account ledger, and 4-H project records. Especially valuable in this regard is the Dairy Herd Improvement Association Herd Record Book. The researcher...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-1952; Other: Date acquired: 06/28/1979
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Reminiscences of Edward E. Ayer's First Trip From Home in 1861, 1861-1864
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-12-12.3
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1861-1864
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Starline Inc. Records (Harvard)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-114
Scope and Contents
A rich resource for the study of industrial development and corporate policies, the Starline, Inc. Records document the company’s history from 1902 to 1973. The collection is divided into three record series groups: (1) Starline, Inc. records; (2) Federal Malleable Company Records; (3) other related companies’ records. Series one is the most comprehensive.
The records of the Starline corporation, series one, comprise articles of incorporation and amendments, minutes, president’s reports,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1902-1973; Other: Date acquired: 11/18/1980
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
